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Labour's selection - only John Mason can send a message to Gordon
Monday, 07 July 2008
"One parliamentarian for the price of two makes no sense"

Commenting on the selection of Labour's candidate for the Glasgow East by-election Glasgow SNP MSP Bill Kidd said: "Labour's campaign has stumbled from disaster to farce and it is embarrassing for them to choose a candidate who is either the fourth, fifth, sixth choice or worse, depending on which paper you read.

"Local voters are already questioning why on earth they should send their Holyrood MSP to Westminster. Labour are offering one parliamentarian for the price of two, which will make absolutely no sense to the people of Glasgow East.

"Margaret Curran's voting record in the Scottish Parliament will also come under close scrutiny, and shows how she has voted against the interests of Glasgow East.

"In contrast John Mason is the first choice for the SNP. He is local, hard working and will speak up for the East End. He is committed to the East End; not to saving Gordon Brown's tattered reputation.

"Another contrast will be between SNP and Labour MPs. Glasgow's Labour MPs are out of touch. They put Gordon Brown before Glasgow instead of speaking up for people in Glasgow East.

"Only last week Glasgow's MPs voted to keep the taxpayer funded John Lewis list while people in Glasgow East face rising food and fuel prices and the reality of Gordon Brown's 10 pence tax rise.

"The top issue in this constituency is not Labour's shambolic selection process but the costs of living. In this constituency fuel poverty could be approaching 50% - half of this constituency will come within the definition of fuel poverty. That's the issue on everyone's lips.

"However Glasgow's Labour MPs are out of touch on this issue. They voted to keep high taxes on fuel while SNP MPs voted against. It is only the SNP that is on your side in Glasgow East."

Notes:

Some key votes by Margaret Curran in the Scottish Parliament which go against the interests of Glasgow East:

· 17th April 2008 - Voted against scrapping the Council Tax which soared by 60% under Labour before the SNP froze it.

· 20th March 2008 - Voted to hamper councils building new council houses by not restricting right to buy legislation which has seen council house building plummet. Between 2004 and 2006 a grand total of only 6 houses were been built by Local Authorities in Scotland.

· 28th February 2008 - Voted against scrapping the graduate endowment tuition fee for students.

· 6th January 2008 - Failed to support a freeze on the Council Tax. (Abstained)

· 6th January 2008 - Failed to support record spending for local authorities. (Abstained)

· 6th January 2008 - Failed to support reducing prescription charges - a tax on the ill. (Abstained)

· 6th January 2008 - Failed to support 1000 extra police officers on Scotland's streets- there will 750 extra in Strathclyde. (Abstained)

· 27th September 2008 - Voted against new patient rights.

· 14th June 2007 - Failed to oppose billions being wasted on weapons of mass destruction.

· 27th June 2008 - Voted to spend half a billion pounds on a tram line in Edinburgh - money which could, in part be spent on key transport objectives in Glasgow

 
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